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Sure, but it seems like they have their own niche market. Aka a supermarket for people who aren't trying to save pennies and would pay a little more for a less

Sure, but it seems like they have their own niche market. Aka a supermarket for people who aren't trying to save pennies and would pay a little more for a less crowded and high quality shopping experience. It's the same thing as restaurants ranging anywhere from 5$ meals to 50$+ meals.

slowmovintarget 9y ago
It isn't the "shopping experience" for us. It's the organic produce. It's crappy everywhere else and good at Whole Foods, so we shop there. Meat share for, well, meat, and Wegmans for everything else. But the vegetables on our table come from Whole Foods.
- NikolaeVarius 9y ago
  The produce is insanely overpriced.
  - andrewjw 9y ago
    If you compare it to the same product code somewhere else, perhaps. Your parent is stating they perceive the quality at Whole Foods to be substantially better, and worth the price premium. Perhaps they lack alternative reliable sources of high-quality organic produce you might have access to?
    - slowmovintarget 9y ago
      That's about the size of it. When you factor in that we've had to discard as much as half of the produce we purchased from other sellers due to it already being spoiled, the actual value for the price at Whole Foods is higher.
  - chestervonwinch 9y ago
    This is over a 3 month period; total amounts (in dollars) are for produce only: Store | Total| #| Avg -----------+------+--+---- Luckys | 91.86|51|1.80 Publix |133.09|58|2.30 Whole Foods|181.58|76|2.39 We tend to buy more specialty-type produce at Whole Foods in addition to the staples (apples, bananas). We tend to only buy staple produce items at Publix and at Lucky's.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  My experience is that the organic produce variety is slightly better at WF, but the quality no better than the local organic coops or the better coventional grocers. But that's going to be highly variable by location and who the local competitors are.

slowmovintarget 9y ago

It isn't the "shopping experience" for us. It's the organic produce. It's crappy everywhere else and good at Whole Foods, so we shop there. Meat share for, well, meat, and Wegmans for everything else. But the vegetables on our table come from Whole Foods.

NikolaeVarius 9y ago
The produce is insanely overpriced.
- andrewjw 9y ago
  If you compare it to the same product code somewhere else, perhaps. Your parent is stating they perceive the quality at Whole Foods to be substantially better, and worth the price premium. Perhaps they lack alternative reliable sources of high-quality organic produce you might have access to?
  - slowmovintarget 9y ago
    That's about the size of it. When you factor in that we've had to discard as much as half of the produce we purchased from other sellers due to it already being spoiled, the actual value for the price at Whole Foods is higher.
- chestervonwinch 9y ago
  This is over a 3 month period; total amounts (in dollars) are for produce only: Store | Total| #| Avg -----------+------+--+---- Luckys | 91.86|51|1.80 Publix |133.09|58|2.30 Whole Foods|181.58|76|2.39 We tend to buy more specialty-type produce at Whole Foods in addition to the staples (apples, bananas). We tend to only buy staple produce items at Publix and at Lucky's.
dragonwriter 9y ago
My experience is that the organic produce variety is slightly better at WF, but the quality no better than the local organic coops or the better coventional grocers. But that's going to be highly variable by location and who the local competitors are.